By Kathryn Reed With no discussion about why the cost of the new website for South Lake Tahoe has nearly doubled, the council OK’d the $38,047 expenditure on a 5-0 vote. Even though awarding the contract to CivicPlus out of Kansas was on the consent agenda Sept. 14, Councilman Hal Cole pulled it to talk […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Fiscal responsibility and transparency in government were overriding themes of the nine South Lake Tahoe City Council candidates who attended the first forum of the election season. One person chose not to attend. Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe hosted the Sept. 22 event at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe. Based on […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee Prosecutors in the kidnap-rape trial of Phillip and Nancy Garrido apparently have changed gears, moving to get the El Dorado County grand jury to indict the couple and move the case to trial without going through a preliminary hearing, Nancy Garrido’s attorney said this afternoon. Stephen Tapson said he had […]
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By Laurel Rosenhall, Sacramento Bee Sacramento County is typical of California in the portion of the population that is college-educated, according to a report being released today by a foundation advocating that more people go to college. The report from the Lumina Foundation says that in Sacramento County and across California, 38 percent of working-age […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal 7:55 a.m. update: Interstate 80 is expected to be closed in both directions at the Nevada-California line until about 9 a.m. as crews clean up an accident, the California Highway Patrol reports. Additionally, drivers in both directions can expect delays until about 11 a.m. as crews repair a divider wall damaged by […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal Gov. Jim Gibbons remained in the hospital overnight after taking a fall off a horse north of Pyramid Lake Tuesday afternoon, spokesman Dan Burns said this morning. Burns said he is heading to Renown Regional Medical Center to get an update on Gibbons’ condition. Read the whole story
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By Kathryn Reed By the time firefighters were done, it looked like a wrecking yard at the end of Lodi Avenue. Mangled vehicles littered the pavement that in winter is used by Caltrans crews as snow storage. “It gave guys a chance to cut the doors off, roofs off and all the normal stuff we […]
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By Will Frampton, News 10 Hundreds of trees have been removed near Tahoe City this summer for fire prevention. The 150-acre area that has been cleared, known as the Ward Creek Park project, is the largest of its kind in the area in recent years, according to area fire protection officials. A spokeswoman for California […]
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Kings Beach is getting new playground equipment. The North Tahoe Public Utility District Board of Directors awarded the bid and authorized the general manager to execute a contract with Dyer and Associates for purchase and installation of playground equipment, fall material and curbing. The playground equipment will include a play structure for children ages 5–12, […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada will close 2010 with less land burned by wildfire than any other year but one in the past decade, barring any late-season surprises. Only 15 fires larger than 100 acres were recorded over the year across the Silver State as of Friday. They charred 21,688 acres, according to the […]
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